Resilient heel lift



ASEAS@ May E., QZBV l. HILL RESILIEfNT HEEL LIFT 1917 2 sheets-smet 1 Filed Nov, 26

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-iippleaiion loe november 26, mi?. Seidel lo. $33,356.

Immo-viennois in Resilient Heel Lift-s; and do hereby declare he ioilowing o be a full, cles?, end exact description lie invention, such vvill enable otiiers skilled. in 'ille srt to which it zippertains io ineke and use ic'nc some @ne of die objeeis of my invention is io provide en improved resilient 1neei lift in wlfiicii the heel lift auiornaticelly maintains dosed the seam Vbetween the rubbei' and les'ihei' while ille seme is in working position, 'thereby preventing ille ingress of diri and eimer.

also sim to provide o device which is so constructed es io ineke up any slack which will result; 'fiom the loosening oi' the natils or vzesheis, end which will not projeotbeyond "elle edge of iie leather secion of the heel o sloewiien the parte ere Worn.

Anotiier object 'of my invention is so provide e device Wiili s Tfelotively large triniming space inside faire lieoi edges and one in which fewei iigiis oi iesening ineens and no oemeo ere required io sacli. the devise to A e. shoeC These einer objecs of my invention will be understood fiom o. descriptionoi" en embodiment of lie inveniion.

ilig. l is e plan View ofen embodiment of .my invention showing the head, or Wein' :Fece of a neel liii. Fig. il is 'ronifelevotion' i" f iesii end elevation tiieieoi Fig. de eievoion thereof. Fig. 5 is a section ioleii along he line 5- in .Figl G is o section slien along the .lines 5--6 in Fig. l. Fig. 7 a Section hifu i shoe heel upon which fdieife luis'been device like -tiiiit iliustioted in i i* elusive. lfig, 8 is a pion' view oi" fio .lift es shown in Figi. 7. Fig. 9 is n lie 'cmbodinien shown. in Fig. il showing lie attaching fece of the heel. Fig. if) is o section tiiiu e second embodiment of' i invention. ll is asecion ilirfo, e "liiiii f fibodiiien. Fig. l?, is aisee- 'Lion i" umili ei sediment -fem-.ii'ing :now lo me midliifst io ille embodiment of the invenion shown Figs. l to S' ihm-ooi', si.. l@ iliiismi-ed e.

of the embodiment shown in lig. l.4

iieel section, in the embodiment shown a lili., made of some resiiient niebeiial, preferably of rubber or rubber composition. The general outline o ille lit is conceVo-convex, being concave on die attaching face' ll end convex on lie ieeol ffice i2.

lor convenience in the descripio, l will speak-of the lieei es being in normel position wlientlie pests are in he position illneamed 1n Fig. 'l ibo 6 inclusive and 9, end in working position when nailed on the heel, as shown inFigs. 7 and 8. ln the embodiment; shown, when lle lir, in normal posiion, is laid upon e. smooth surface, the side edges y13, 13 and the veel' edge le. enge e the smooth surface, While the .front or reeel: edge constitutes e. slight sich between elicbieasi corners 16 and. 16', is indicated at 4&0.y

.A- protnberance 17 extends outwardly from the centi'ei portion of the. attaching fece, pre'eiiiibly :to s point where it engages or, nbout engafges e smooth surface upon which the lift may lie leid with its attachingv face next io suoli surface when thelii .is in normal position. ln the embodiment showin, @he proenberance l? is et the center of the attaching fece und iselipical in outline, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Wili this eiriungemeni; ii `will be seein that there is en sich .20 in iie aiecliing face,'

.vliieliextends ebow, lie central portion iloeieof end-Which has subsiantielly the outline of the lift. .Such aicliextends from the edges 13, 13 ond 14.. :ind 15 to the summit 18 of elle proiiiloeismce 17.. The convex portion of @the lili is provided with a depression or crater 51, which corresponds, or substantially cori'esponds, to the outline of the protuberonce 17, so as to maintain a uniform oi substantiall uniform thickness throughout the body o' the lift, vso that when the lift is attened intoxvoikingposition7 as shown in Figs. Z and 8, these will be ii-,reguhuity in neithei l'ie `otineliing nor tread surfaces of the heel. l

.l nd it best to' provide a slot, such as is shown at. 22 along the crest of the protulJeronc-e, in order to prevent crowding of the material when lie lieei lift is' in Working position; ln the embodiment shown, two slots are provided; substantially at iight Aingles io each other. 1V. have illustrated the second slot et 33. lo Wili las obvious that any suiable number of slots bearing any suitable ieleion se eeen ogiiei: may ne employed.

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. lll@ ing flattened out when the lift is in working position, means to attach the lift to a shoe heel applied to the body portion of the lift between the margin of the lift and the protuberance, whereby when the lift is attached to the shoe the tread and attaching surfaces are maintained substantially fiat, said lift being made of resilient material which always tends to restore the lift to normal position, thereby causing the edges and the central portion of the lift to cling -to the surface to which the lift is attached.

5. In aconcavo-convex resilientl heel or l heel lift,v the combination of .a slit protw berance projecting from the attaching face oi' said lift and said lift being provided with a depression in its tread surface corresponding to said protuberance.

6. As an article of manufacture, a resilient heel lift provided on its attaching face, when said lift is in normal position, with an arch extending around the central part of the lift., adapted to be flattened when the lift is in working position, and a pretuberance extending from the centrall part of tbe attaching face of the lift and adapted to be con'ipressed when the lift is attached to a shoe heel.

7. A resilient heel lift having on its attaching face a substantially central elevated portion, and betweenthe latter and the margin a concavity extending all around. tlie elevated portion, a'nd means receiving vattaching devices 'so located that when the lift is applied to a shoe the elevated portion and concavity are flattened out. v

8. A resilient heel lift having on its attaching face a substantially central pretuberance, a dished or concave surface extendn ing from the margin of the -heel inwardly to the base of the protuberance, and means receiving attaching devices so locatedthat when the lift is applied to a shoe the elevated portion and concavityare attened out.

9. A rubber heel having on its attaching face a depression following the entire peripheryof the heel and having opposite thereto in the tread surface a ridge surrounding acentral depression` the heel having nail holes in the median line of the depression and ridge.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 19th day o November, 1917.

RAYMGND i.' HiLL. l 

